Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $79,880
98%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 98%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: ramessesiv

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Occupant of Egyptian Tomb Finally Identified After 50 Years

    06/03/2025 12:44:23 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | May 28, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    During the 1970s, excavations at the Al-Asasif necropolis on Luxor's west bank uncovered an elaborate rock-cut tomb. Archaeologists theorized that it must have belonged to an Egyptian dignitary, but at the time they were unable to identify the deceased and the tomb was labeled with the generic name of Kampp 23. Now, Ahram Online reports, a joint Egyptian-Canadian team has finally determined that the Kampp 23 tomb was built for a man named Amun-Mes, the erstwhile mayor of Thebes during the Ramesside period (ca. 1295–1070 b.c.). Several inscriptions found elsewhere in Luxor mention a certain Amun-Mes along with many other...